Korean Americans (Korean Korean is the official language of Korea, both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century a national writing system was commissioned by Sejong the Great, the system being currently called Hangul. Prior: 한국계 미국인, Hanja Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. Hanja-mal or hanja-eo refers to words which can be written with hanja, and hanmun refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "hanja" is: 韓國系美國人, hangukgye migugin) are Americans ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language of Korean Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity, Cheondoism. Background of Confucianism and Korean shamanism descent (both South and North). The Korean American community is the fifth largest Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. In popular American consciousness, the term generally refers to persons with ancestry from East Asia, which includes Chinese, Korean and Japanese Americans, though in definition they encompass any minority group whose national origin is from the Asian continent subgroup, after the Chinese American Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Taoism, Filipino American Predominantly Roman Catholic; minorities of Protestantism, Aglipayan, Islam, and others, Indian American Indian Americans are Americans who are of Indian ancestry. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with "American Indian", and Vietnamese American Dominant Mahayana Buddhism with Confucianism , large Christian minority (chiefly Roman Catholic) communities. The United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language is home to the second largest Korean diaspora The Korean diaspora consists of roughly seven million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean peninsula, as well as more recent expatriates. Nearly four-fifths live in just three countries: China, Japan, and the United States community in the world after China China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.

Demographics

As of 2000, there were approximately 1.41 million Korean Americans,^[2] with the beginning of Korean immigration to Hawaii (United States), significant populations in the states of California California's geography ranges from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, to Mojave desert areas in the southeast and the Redwood–Douglas fir forests of the northwest. The center of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. California is the most, New York New York City, which is geographically the largest city in the state and most populous in the United States, is known for its history as a gateway for immigration to the United States and its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, it is also a destination of choice, New Jersey The area was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast. In the early 1600s, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret, Illinois United States migrant settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The future metropolis of Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow made central, Washington Washington (pronounced /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/ ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the forty-second state in 1889, Texas Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and sixth largest United States metropolitan areas, respectively. Other major cities include El Paso and Austin—the, Virginia The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Land from displaced Native American tribes and slave labor each played significant roles in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was, Maryland Maryland is a major center for life sciences research and development. With more than 350 biotechnology companies located there, Maryland is the third-largest nexus in this field in the United States, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary, and Georgia Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama and by Florida in the south; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont.

Los Angeles, with its Koreatown Koreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California. Home to a population of 340,000 and covering just under 5-square-mile (13 km2), it has the highest population density of all neighborhoods in Los Angeles[citation needed]. Only Midtown Manhattan, downtown Manhattan, parts of San Francisco, and Chicago' district, is home to the largest population of ethnic Koreans outside of Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population. During the 20th century Asia's population nearly quadrupled. Palisades Park, New Jersey, in the New York City metropolitan area The New York metropolitan area or Tri-State Region is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world. The metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical, has the highest concentration of people of Korean ancestry in the United States at 36.38% of the population. Georgia is home to the fastest-growing Korean community in the U.S., growing at a rate of 88.2% from 1990 to 2000.^[3]

According to the statistics of the Overseas Korean Foundation and South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade The foreign relations of South Korea are dominated by its relationships with North Korea, Japan, China and United States, 107,145 South Korean children were adopted into the United States between 1953-2007.^[4]

In a 2005 United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as a leading source of data about America's people and economy survey, an estimated 432,907 ethnic Koreans in the U.S. were native-born Americans, and 973,780 were foreign-born. Korean Americans that were naturalized citizens numbered at 530,100, while 443,680 Koreans in the U.S. were not American citizens.^[5]

History

In 1884, two American missionaries went to Korea: Henry Appenzeller, a Methodist Methodism is a movement of Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement in the Anglican Communion. His younger brother Charles was instrumental in writing much of the, and Horace Underwood, a Presbyterian Presbyterianism refers to many different Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, and organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ.^[1] Emphasizing the mass-circulation of the Bible (which had been translated into Korean between 1881 and 1887 by the Reverend John Ross, a Scottish Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland Presbyterian missionary in Manchuria Manchuria is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria either falls entirely within People's Republic of China, or is divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast China , and historically referred as Guandong (simplified Chinese: �), the Protestant pioneers also established the first modern educational institutes in Korea.^[2] The Presbyterian Paichai School (배재고등학교) for boys was founded in 1885, and the Methodist Ehwa girls' school (이화여자고등학교) followed a year later 1886 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day Julian calendar). These, and similar schools established soon afterwards, facilitated the rapid expansion of Protestantism among the common people, and in time enabled the Protestant faith to overtake Catholicism Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole as the leading Christian branch in Korea.

One of the first Korean Americans was Seo Jae-pil, or Philip Jaisohn, who came to America shortly after participating in a coup with other progressives to institute political reform in 1884. He became a citizen in 1890, and earned a medical degree 1892 from what is now George Washington University The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive research university located in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia. It is the largest university in the nation's capital. It is renowned for its programs in. Throughout his life, he strove to educate Koreans in the ideals of freedom and democracy Democracy is a political form of government where governing power is derived from the people, either by direct referendum or by means of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy). The term comes from the Greek: δημοκρατία - (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) &, and pressed the U.S. government The Federal Government of the United States of America is the central government entity established by the United States Constitution, which shares sovereignty over the United States of America with the governments of the individual U.S. states. For official purposes in U.S. courts, the government is sued as "the United States of America,& for Korean independence During the nearly five centuries of the Joseon dynasty, Korea kept its independence through careful diplomacy with China. Joseon scholars, because of their belief in Confucianism and the idea of China as the "Big Brother", paid tribute to China to effectively prevent conflicts. He died during the Korean War The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China (PRC), with air support from the Soviet Union. The war began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. The war was a result of the political division. His home is now a museum, cared for by a social services organization founded in his name in 1975.

A prominent figure among the Korean immigrant community is Ahn Chang Ho, pen name A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of reasons related to Dosan, a Protestant social activist. He came to the United States in 1902 for education. He founded the Friendship Society in 1903 and the Mutual Assistance Society. He was also a political activist during the Japanese occupation of Korea Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule formally ended on 2 September 1945 upon the Japanese defeat in World War II that year. There is a memorial built in his honor in downtown Riverside, California Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River,[citation needed] it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, and is located approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles and his family home on 36th Place in Los Angeles has been restored by University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university. The City of Los Angeles has also declared the nearby intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Van Buren Place to be "Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Square" in his honor. The Taekwondo Taekwondo [a] is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae (태, 跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (권, 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (도, 道) means "way," "method," or "art." Thus, taekwondo may be loosely translated as " pattern Do-san was named after him.

Another prominent figure among the Korean immigrant community was Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, remains controversial, affected by Cold War tensions on the Korean peninsula and elsewhere. Rhee was regarded as an anti-Communist and a strongman, and led South Korea through the Korean War. His presidency ended in resignation (이승만), a Methodist.^[3] He came to the United States in 1904 and earned a bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world. It may also be the name of a "postgraduate" degree, such as a Bachelor of Civil Law, the Bachelor of Music, or the Bachelor of at George Washington University and a Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated to PhD, Ph.D. or D.Phil. in English-speaking countries and Dr. Phil. or similar in other countries, for the Latin philosophiae doctor, meaning "teacher in philosophy", is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities. In most English-speaking countries, the PhD is the highest degree one can earn from Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. In 1910, he returned to Korea and became a political activist during Japanese occupation of Korea. He later became the first president of South Korea The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea. The Constitution and the amended Presidential Election Act of 1987 provide for election of the president by direct, secret.

The first group of Korean laborers came to Hawaii The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian Island chain, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles . At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight "main islands" are (from the northwest to southeast) Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. The last is by in January 1903 to fill in gaps created by problems with Chinese and Japanese The Japanese people are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as nikkeijin (日系人?). The term "Japanese people" may also be used in laborers. Between 1904 and 1907 about 1,000 Koreans entered the mainland from Hawaii through San Francisco.^[6] Many Koreans dispersed along the Pacific Coast as farm workers or as wage laborers in mining companies and as section hands on the railroads. Picture brides became a common practice for marriage to Korean men.

After the annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910, Korean migration to the United States was virtually halted. The Immigration Act of 1924 or sometimes referred to as the Oriental Exclusion Act was part of a measured system excluding Korean immigrants into the US. In 1952 with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, opportunities were more open to Asian Americans, enabling Korean Americans to move out of enclaves into middle-class neighborhoods. When the Korean War ended in 1953, small numbers of students and professionals entered the United States. A larger group of immigrants included the wives of U.S. servicemen. As many as one in four Korean immigrants in the United States can trace their immigration to the wife of a serviceman. With the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Koreans became one of the fastest growing Asian groups in the United States, surpassed only by Filipinos.

In 1965, the Immigration Act abolished the quota system that had restricted the numbers of Asians allowed to enter the United States. Large numbers of Koreans, including some from North Korea that had come via South Korea, have been immigrating ever since, putting Korea in the top five countries of origin of immigrants to the United States since 1975. The reasons for immigration are many including the desire for increased freedom and the hope for better economic opportunities.

In the 1980s and 1990s Koreans became noted not only for starting small businesses such as dry cleaners or convenience stores, but also for diligently planting churches, with the same fervor as the early Puritan fathers who came to New England. With fervent piety and hope of that Promised Land, they would venture into abandoned cities and start up businesses which happened to be predominantly African American in demographics. This would sometimes lead to publicized tensions with customers as dramatized in movies such as Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and the LA Riots of April 1992.

Their children, along with those of other Asian Americans would also be noted in headlines and magazine covers in the 1980s for their numbers in prestigious universities and highly skilled white collar professions. Favorable economics and education have led to the painting of Asian groups such as the Koreans as a "model minority". Throughout the 1980s until today, Korean Americans and other East Asian groups continue to attend prestigious universities in high numbers and make up a large percentage of the professional white collar work force including such fields as medicine, law, computer science, finance, and investment banking.

A number of U.S. states have declared January 13 as Korean American Day in order to recognize Korean Americans' impact and contributions. Famous Korean-Americans include U.S. Federal judge Herbert Choy, actress/comedian Margaret Cho and professional golfer Michelle Wie.

In recent years, ethnic Koreans such as Korean Mexicans and Korean Brazilians emigrated to the U.S. bringing further diversity to the Korean-American community. There has been an intermingling of Korean and Central American cultures together with ethnic intermarriage between Koreans and Central Americans.

Politics

In a poll from the Asia Times before the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election, Korean Americans narrowly favored Republican candidate George W. Bush by a 41% to 38% margin over Democrat John Kerry, with the remaining 19% undecided or voting for other candidates.^[7] In the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Korean Americans favored Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, around 59% to 41%.^[8] However, there are still more registered Republican Korean Americans than registered Democrats.

Religion

Korean Americans in America have historically had a very strong fundamentalist and conservative Christian heritage. Between 70% and 80% identify as Christian; 40% of those consist of immigrants who were not Christians at the time of their arrival in the United States. There are about 2,800 Korean Christian churches in the United States, as compared to only 89 Korean Buddhist temples; the largest such temple, Los Angeles' Sa Chal Temple, was established in 1974.^[9]

Cuisine

"Korean American cuisine" can be described as a fusion of traditional Korean cuisine with American culture and tastes.^[10] Often, chefs borrow from Korean flavors and preparation techniques that they will integrate it into the style they are most comfortable with (whether it be Tex-Mex, Chinese, or purely American). Even a classic staple of the American diet, the hamburger, is available with a Korean twist – bulgogi (Korean BBQ) burgers.

With the popularity of cooking and culinary sampling, chefs, housewives, food junkies, and culinary aficionados have been bolder in their choices, favoring more unique, specialty, and ethnic dishes. Already popular in its own little subset populations peppered throughout the United States, Korean food debuted in the many Koreatowns found in metropolitan areas including LA, New York, Chicago, Oakland, Atlanta, Seattle and Dallas. Korean cuisine has unique and bold flavors, colors, and style: spicy oddities (kimchi, kaktugi, sam jang), long fermented pastes (gochujang, ganjang, doenjang), noodle dishes (ramen and naengmyun), and fish cakes and raw seafood concoctions (raw octopus tentacles in spicy sauce, freshly halved sea urchin).

Notable people

Academics

• Sugwon Kang, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York; Visiting Professor to Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2008-2010)
• Elaine H. Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
• Jaegwon Kim, Professor of Philosophy at the Brown University
• Jim Yong Kim, Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of the Francois Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights, former director of the World Health Organization HIV/AIDS department, co-founder of Partners in Health, 17th president of Dartmouth College
• Harold Hongju Koh, lawyer and legal scholar, and Dean of the Yale Law School
• Meredith Jung-En Woo, scholar on East Asian politics and economic development, and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia
• Sebastian Seung, MIT Professor
• Luke Lee, Lloyd Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley
• Chunghee Sarah Soh, Professor of Anthropology San Francisco State University

Arts

• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, poet, artist
• Daniel Chun, writer, co-executive producer of The Simpsons
• Peter Chung, animator, creator of cult animated TV series Æon Flux
• Joe Hahn, member of multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning alternative rock band Linkin Park
• Richard E. Kim, author of The Martyred and Lost Names
• Suji Kwock Kim, poet
• Jim Lee, best-selling comic book artist (e.g. X-Men, Batman, Superman) and co-creator (Gen¹³, WildC.A.T.s); co-founder of Image Comics
• Karen O, lead singer of the rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Nam June Paik, artist
• Ishle Yi Park, poet
• Linda Sue Park, author
• Emil J. Kang, non-profit executive, arts administrator, first Asian-American president of major orchestra
• Jane Jeong Trenka, author of The Language of Blood
• Joy Dietrich, film director
• Priscilla Ahn, artist, singer-songwriter

Business & Economics

The 1997 U.S. Economic Census confirmed many of the anecdotal pictures of Korean business patterns that have been reported in Korean newspapers. With more than 155,000 businesses, Koreans rank third among APAs, after the Chinese and Indians. But their tendency to enter into business is one of the highest among all minority ethnic/racial groups. For instance, the rate of Korean business ownership is 71 percent higher than their share of the population, highest of all the major Asian ethnic groups.

• Wendy Lee Gramm, economics professor, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and wife of former Senator Phil Gramm
• Ho "Charles" Kim and Hyung-soon "Harry" Kim, owners of "Kim Brothers" farm in Reedly California, patent holders for the "Le Grand" and Sun"Grand nectarine.
• David J. Kim, founder of C2 Education, named one of the top 30 young entrepreneurs, by Entrepreneur Magazine.
• Shelly Hwang and Young Lee, founders of Pinkberry
• Do-Won Chang and Jin Sook, founders of Forever 21
• Michael Yang, Founder & CEO of MySimon Become.com
• David Chang, Michelin-star chef and restaurant owner

Entertainment

• Dumbfoundead, Battle rapper and hip-hop artist.
• Ameriie, singer
• Nicole Bilderback, actress
• Moon Bloodgood, actress
• John Cho, actor
• Margaret Cho, comedian, fashion designer, actress
• Meg & Dia, singer/songwriters
• Smith Cho, actress
• Kelly Choi, model, television presenter
• Justin Chon, actor
• Jamie Chung, actress
• Jon Gosselin, co-star of reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8
• Joe Hahn, musician
• Daniel Henney, model, actor
• Dennis Oh, actor
• Tiger JK, musician
• Jay Park, singer, rapper, b-boy, actor
• Tasha Reid (T/Yoon MiRae), musician, wife of Tiger JK
• Ken Jeong, comedian, actor
• Brian Joo, singer
• Tiffany Hwang, singer, MC, member of Girls' Generation
• Sunny, singer, DJ, member of Girls' Generation
• Jessica Jung, singer, stage actress, member of Girls' Generation
• Krystal Jung, singer, member of f(x)
• Nicole Jung, singer, member of Kara
• Bekah Kim, rapper, member of After School
• Stephanie Kim, singer, member of The Grace
• Michael Kang, filmmaker The Motel, West 32nd
• Sung Kang, actor
• Tim Kang, actor
• Daniel Dae Kim, actor
• Yul Kwon, contestant and the first non-White and the first Asian-American winner of Survivor: Cook Islands
• Alexander Sebastien Lee, actor, filmmaker
• Bobby Lee, comedian
• Bonni Lee, film executive, film/tv producer
• C.S. Lee, actor
• Will Yun Lee, actor
• Grace Park, actress
• Lena Park, singer
• Soon-Yi Previn, actress, wife of Woody Allen
• Brian Tee, actor
• Jenna Ushkowitz, actress
• Aaron Yoo, actor
• Rick Yune, actor, model (first Asian-American model to work for leading fashion labels such as Versace and Polo Sport)
• Karl Yune, actor, model (brother of Rick Yune)
• Sarah Chang, violinist virtuoso
• John Myung, bassist of progressive metal band Dream Theater
• Yunjin Kim, actress in Lost
• James Kyson Lee, actor
• Jarah Mariano model

Journalism

• Alina Cho, CNN correspondent
• Liz Cho, American weekday anchor
• Michael Kim, ESPN anchor
• Corina Knoll, Los Angeles Times reporter
• K.W. Lee, founder of "Koreatown" weekly
• Julie Chang, Fox 5 New York entertainment reporter
• JuJu Chang, Good Morning America Co-host on ABC
• Lucian Kim, Bloomberg Russia reporter
• Jennifer Chang, CBS Radio News Reporter

Literature

Korean American writers

Politics

• Martha Choe, former council member, City of Seattle, Washington
• Jun Choi, former mayor of Edison, New Jersey
• Herbert Choy, U.S. Federal judge
• Mark L. Keam, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Harry Kim, a former mayor of Hawaii County, Hawai'i
• Jay Kim, former Republican Congressman from California
• Ron Kim, Council Member, Saratoga Springs, New York
• Yul Kwon, lawyer
• Cheryl Lee, former council member, City of Shoreline, Washington
• Michael Park, former mayor of Federal Way, Washington
• Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools
• Cindy Ryu, former mayor of Shoreline, Washington and first female Korean-American mayor
• Paull Shin, Washington State Senator
• Michelle Park Steel, California Board of Equalization Member
• Sam Yoon, first Asian-American Boston City councilor
• John Yoo, attorney and former official in Bush's Justice Department
• Grace Han Wolf, Town Councilmember, Herndon VA - first Korean American woman elected in Virginia

Science/Technology

• Benjamin W. Lee, theoretical physicist (influenced development of the Standard Model)
• Jeong H. Kim, President of Bell Labs, CEO of Lucent Technologies
• Peter S. Kim, President of Merck Research Laboratories
• Mark L. Polansky, NASA Astronaut

Sports

• Hines Ward, NFL football player Super Bowl MVP
• Eugene Chung, NFL football player
• William Demps, NFL football player
• Jeanette Lee "the Black Widow", professional pool player
• Naomi Nari Nam, figure skater
• Anthony Kim, professional golfer
• Jim Paek, NHL hockey player
• Richard Park, NHL hockey player
• BJ Penn, mixed martial artist
• Myong Sok Namkung-Mayes, first female taekwondo grandmaster
• Hines Ward, NFL football player (MVP of Super Bowl XL)
• Michelle Wie, professional golfer
• Jane Park, professional golfer
• Christina Kim, professional golfer
• Simon Cho, short track speed skater
• Kevin Na, PGA professional golfer
• Janice Kim, Baduk professional, author

See also

• Asian American
• Demographics of the United States
• Hyphenated American
• Korean adoptees
• Korean American writers
• Korean-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce
• Koreans
• Koreatown
• Koreatown, Chicago
• Koreatown, Manhattan
• Koreatown, Los Angeles
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean Americans
• Seattle Korean Cultural Festival

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